Giuseppe Andrews
Encyclopedia
Giuseppe Andrews is an American
film actor, writer
, and director
known for his roles as Lex in the 1999 film
Detroit Rock City
, a bizarre sheriff's deputy in Cabin Fever (2002), a small role in Never Been Kissed
(1999), as well as appearances in The Smashing Pumpkins
videos "1979
" and "Perfect".
Andrews has enjoyed considerable success and notoriety for writing, directing, scoring, editing, shooting and producing a number of avante-garde film
s, and for directing several experimental independent movies.
, Florida
. His cinéma vérité
-meets-exploitation film
making style has been compared to that of John Waters
and Harmony Korine
. He grew up in trailer park
s, which feature prominently, along with their inhabitants, in many of his films. He also spent time living in a van with his father before they were both cast in an infomercial, which led to more acting jobs for Giuseppe.
Director Adam Rifkin
: "Giuseppe Andrews is the most ferociously original filmmaker working in cinema today. No matter what new things he tries, everything is always signature Giuseppe Andrews. He is a true auteur."
Andrews reprised his role as a sheriff's deputy in the Cabin Fever sequel Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever
(2009).
He also appeared in the ninth season of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
, in the episode titled Let It Bleed.
Dates of some release are unknown, albums are available to buy on his website and iTunes
.
United States
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film actor, writer
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
, and director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
known for his roles as Lex in the 1999 film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
Detroit Rock City
Detroit Rock City (film)
Detroit Rock City is a 1999 film about four teenagers in a Kiss cover band who try to see their idols in Detroit in 1978. Comparable to Rock 'n' Roll High School, Dazed and Confused, The Stöned Age, and I Wanna Hold Your Hand, Detroit Rock City tells a coming of age story through a filter of 1970s...
, a bizarre sheriff's deputy in Cabin Fever (2002), a small role in Never Been Kissed
Never Been Kissed
Never Been Kissed is a 1999 comedy film directed by Raja Gosnell and starring Drew Barrymore, David Arquette, Michael Vartan, Molly Shannon, Leelee Sobieski, John C. Reilly, Jessica Alba, Marley Shelton, James Franco , Giuseppe Andrews, Jeremy Jordan and Garry Marshall...
(1999), as well as appearances in The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins are an American alternative rock band that formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1988. Formed by Billy Corgan frontman and James Iha , the band has included Jimmy Chamberlin , D'arcy Wretzky , and currently includes Jeff Schroeder Mike Byrne , and Nicole Fiorentino The Smashing...
videos "1979
1979 (song)
"1979" is a song by American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins. Released in 1996 as the second single from their third studio album, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, "1979" was written by frontman Billy Corgan, and features loops and samples that were uncharacteristic of previous...
" and "Perfect".
Andrews has enjoyed considerable success and notoriety for writing, directing, scoring, editing, shooting and producing a number of avante-garde film
Experimental film
Experimental film or experimental cinema is a type of cinema. Experimental film is an artistic practice relieving both of visual arts and cinema. Its origins can be found in European avant-garde movements of the twenties. Experimental cinema has built its history through the texts of theoreticians...
s, and for directing several experimental independent movies.
Biography
Andrews was born as Joey Andrews in Key LargoKey Largo, Florida
Key Largo is a census-designated place in Monroe County, Florida, United States, located on the island of Key Largo in the upper Florida Keys. The population was 11,886 at the 2000 census. The name comes from the Spanish Cayo Largo, or "long key"...
, Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
. His cinéma vérité
Cinéma vérité
Cinéma vérité is a style of documentary filmmaking, combining naturalistic techniques with stylized cinematic devices of editing and camerawork, staged set-ups, and the use of the camera to provoke subjects. It is also known for taking a provocative stance toward its topics.There are subtle yet...
-meets-exploitation film
Exploitation film
Exploitation film is a type of film that is promoted by "exploiting" often lurid subject matter. The term "exploitation" is common in film marketing, used for all types of films to mean promotion or advertising. These films then need something to exploit, such as a big star, special effects, sex,...
making style has been compared to that of John Waters
John Waters (filmmaker)
John Samuel Waters, Jr. is an American filmmaker, actor, stand-up comedian, writer, journalist, visual artist, and art collector, who rose to fame in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films...
and Harmony Korine
Harmony Korine
The story is told from the perspective of a young man suffering from untreated schizophrenia, played by Ewen Bremner, as he tries to understand his deteriorating world. Julien's abusive father is played by Werner Herzog...
. He grew up in trailer park
Trailer park
A trailer park is a semi-permanent or permanent area for mobile homes or travel trailers. The main reasons for living in such trailer parks are the often lower cost compared to other housing, and the ability to move to a new area more quickly and easily, for example when changing jobs to another...
s, which feature prominently, along with their inhabitants, in many of his films. He also spent time living in a van with his father before they were both cast in an infomercial, which led to more acting jobs for Giuseppe.
Director Adam Rifkin
Adam Rifkin
Adam Rifkin sometimes credited as Rif Coogan, is an American film director, producer, actor and writer. Rifkin is claimed to belong to a rare breed of film directors that transited from public-access television cable TV to Hollywood.His eclectic career ranges from broad family comedies to cult...
: "Giuseppe Andrews is the most ferociously original filmmaker working in cinema today. No matter what new things he tries, everything is always signature Giuseppe Andrews. He is a true auteur."
Andrews reprised his role as a sheriff's deputy in the Cabin Fever sequel Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever
Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever
Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever is an American horror film directed by Ti West and starring Giuseppe Andrews and Noah Segan.-Plot:A very disfigured Paul escapes from the creek and wanders through the woods, leaving pieces of his own flesh in the way. When he finally makes it to the highway, his body...
(2009).
He also appeared in the ninth season of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer...
, in the episode titled Let It Bleed.
Director
- Touch Me in the MorningTouch Me in the Morning (film)Touch Me in the Morning is a 1999 Independent film written and directed by Giuseppe Andrews. Andrews, who is better known for his roles in films such as Cabin Fever and Detroit Rock City, made the film with his friends and neighbors from the trailer park community he lives in, he has since made...
(1999) - In Our Garden (2002)
- Trailer TownTrailer TownTrailer Town is a low-budget movie, shot on digital video, written and directed by Giuseppe Andrews and distributed by Troma Entertainment. The movie is set in the trailer park where Andrews lives and stars many of the people who were his neighbors at the time...
(2003) - Dad's Chicken (2003)
- Air Conditioning (2003)
- Monkey (2004)
- The Date Movie (2004)
- Who Flung Poo? (2004)
- Dribble (2004)
- Tater Tots (2004) (partially re-edited into Period Piece)
- Grandpa (2005 film festivalFilm festivalA film festival is an organised, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues, usually in a single locality. More and more often film festivals show part of their films to the public by adding outdoor movie screenings...
screening) - Wiggly [edited version of Wiggly Harris] (2006)
- Ants (2006)
- The Laundry Room (2006)
- Period Piece (2006)
- Jacuzzi Rooms (2006)
- Okie Dokie (2007)
- Garbanzo Gas (2007)
- Cat Piss (2007)
- Golden Embers (2007)
- Holiday Weekend (2007)
- Everlasting Pine (2007)
- Orzo (2008)
- It's All Not So Tragic (2008)
- Schoof (2008)
- Airplane Pillows (2008)
- The Check Out (2009)
- Doily's Summer of Freak Occurrences (2009)
- The Fast (2010)
Actor
- Cabin Fever 2: Spring FeverCabin Fever 2: Spring FeverCabin Fever 2: Spring Fever is an American horror film directed by Ti West and starring Giuseppe Andrews and Noah Segan.-Plot:A very disfigured Paul escapes from the creek and wanders through the woods, leaving pieces of his own flesh in the way. When he finally makes it to the highway, his body...
- 2001 Maniacs: Beverly Hellbillys (2007) (in production)
- Look (2007)
- Careless (2007) (completed)
- The Go-GetterThe Go-getterCosmopolitan, and in the United Kingdom in the August 1931 Strand. Part of the Blandings Castle canon, it features the absent-minded peer Lord Emsworth, and was included in the collection Blandings Castle and Elsewhere , although the story takes place sometime between the events of Leave it to...
(2007) - Homo Erectus (2007)
- Period Piece (2006)
- The Laundry Room
- Wiggly (2006)
- Ants (2006)
- Tweek CityTweek CityTweek City is an American film written and directed by Eric G. Johnson.Tweek City premiered on May 28, 2005 in Santa Monica, California at the Dances With Films Festival. In 2006, Maverick Entertainment Group acquired the worldwide rights and on January 2, 2007 they released it on DVD throughout...
(2005) - 2001 Maniacs2001 Maniacs2001 Maniacs is a 2005 American comedy horror film directed by Tim Sullivan, starring Robert Englund, Jay Gillespie, Dylan Edrington, and Matthew Carey. It is a remake of the 1964 film Two Thousand Maniacs! written and directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis. The film is distributed by Lions Gate...
(2005) - Tater Tots (2004)
- Cabin Fever (2002)
- Boston PublicBoston PublicBoston Public is an American drama television series created by David E. Kelley and broadcast on Fox. It centered on Winslow High School, a fictional public high school located in Boston, Massachusetts. The show was named for the real public school district in which it takes place...
- Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place
- Detroit Rock CityDetroit Rock City (film)Detroit Rock City is a 1999 film about four teenagers in a Kiss cover band who try to see their idols in Detroit in 1978. Comparable to Rock 'n' Roll High School, Dazed and Confused, The Stöned Age, and I Wanna Hold Your Hand, Detroit Rock City tells a coming of age story through a filter of 1970s...
(1999) - Never Been KissedNever Been KissedNever Been Kissed is a 1999 comedy film directed by Raja Gosnell and starring Drew Barrymore, David Arquette, Michael Vartan, Molly Shannon, Leelee Sobieski, John C. Reilly, Jessica Alba, Marley Shelton, James Franco , Giuseppe Andrews, Jeremy Jordan and Garry Marshall...
(1999) - The Other SisterThe Other SisterThe Other Sister is a 1999 romantic comedy film starring Juliette Lewis, Giovanni Ribisi, Diane Keaton, and Tom Skerritt. Garry Marshall directed the film...
(1999) - American History XAmerican History XAmerican History X is a 1998 American drama film directed by Tony Kaye and starring Edward Norton and Edward Furlong. It was distributed by New Line Cinema....
(1998) - PleasantvillePleasantville (film)Pleasantville is a 1998 American fantasy comedy-drama film written, produced, and directed by Gary Ross. The film stars Tobey Maguire, Reese Witherspoon, William H. Macy, Joan Allen, Marley Shelton and Jeff Daniels. Don Knotts, Paul Walker, Jane Kaczmarek, and J. T. Walsh are also featured.The film...
(1998) - Independence DayIndependence Day (film)Independence Day is a 1996 science fiction film about an alien invasion of Earth, focusing on a disparate group of individuals and families as they converge in the Nevada desert and, along with the rest of the human population, participate in a last-chance counterattack on July 4 – the same...
(1996) - White Dwarf (1995) (TV) (as Joey Andrews)
- SleepstalkerSleepstalkerSleepstalker is a 1995 horror film written by Al Septien and Turi Meyer.-Plot:After seventeen years of slaughtering all but one member of a family, "The Sandman" is pending execution. Before his execution the jailers allow a minister to visit him. The minister is a voodoo priest and an ally of the...
(1995) (as Joey Andrews) - Getting It Right (1989) (as Joey Andrews)
Discography
- Giants - self released
- Night Owl Vol. 2 - self released
- Night Owl Vol. 1 - self released
- Race Cars - self released
- Hobo Jungle - self released
- Chow Mein Noodle CD (2003) - self released
- Night Owl (2005) - self released
- Me For All You (2006) - self released
- Laroo (2006) - self released
- Waiting Room (2007) - self released
- Open Mic (2008) - self released
- Reason (2009) - self released
- Umami (2010) - self released
- Stranger Than A Dream Vol 1 (2010) - self released
- Stranger Than A Dream Vol 2 (2010) - self released
- Sumami e.p. (2010) - self released
Dates of some release are unknown, albums are available to buy on his website and iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
.
External links
- Giuseppe Andrews at MySpaceMySpaceMyspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
- An Interview with Giuseppe Andrews
- 2007 Q&A w/PollyStaffle.com